Single or reversible broom, brush, and mop.



J ANSON. SINGLE 0R REVERSIBLE BROOM, BRUSH, AND MOP.

APPLIUATION TILED AYE- 7,1914. 1 1 1 6,200. Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

ATTORNEY J. ANSON.

SINGLE 0R REVERSIBLE BROOM, BRUSH, AND MOP.

APPLICATION FILED 1mm, 1014.

1,1 16,200. Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

WITNESSES ATTORNEY THE NORRIS PETERS CU., PHOTO-LITHO., WASHING/UN, D. C.

. manufactured either with or without a UNITE El SATES PATENT OFFICE- JOSEPH ANSON, OF MADOC, ONTARIO, CANADA..ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO STEPHEN WELLINGTON, 0F MADOC, CANADA.

SINGLE 0R REVERSIBLE, BROOM, BRUSH, AND MOP.

Application filed April 7, 1914. Serial No. 830,173.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, Josnrrr ANsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing. at Madoc, in the county of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and useful Single or Reversible Broom, Brush, and Mop, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a single or reversible broom, brush, and mop.

The object of the present inventionis to improve the construction of brooms and brushes, and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and eflicient broom, brush, and mop, equipped with broom and brush heads adapted to be readily applied to and removed from a holder, and capable of being handle.

With these and other objects in v1ew the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully vation of a reversible broom constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the holder. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View of the reversible broom, the parts being arranged as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a detail sectional view on the line H of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is adetail perspective view of the lockingand operating lever. Fig. 8 is an elevation showing a scrubbing brush applied to the holder. Fig. 9 is a rear elevation on a reduced scale of a single broom constructed in acccordance with this invention.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings. I

In the accompanying drawings, in which is illustrated the preferred embodiment of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

the invention, the holder, which is adapted to receive a reversible broom head 1 or a scrubbing brush 2, comprises in its construction an approximately U-shaped clip 3 secured to a handle 4. and having mounted on it a relatively fixed clamping jaw 5 and a coacting hinged clamping jaw 6. The clip 3, which is constructed of heavy sheet metal or other suitable material, is composed of spaced sides and a curved connecting portion conforming to the configuration of the handle 4, and pierced by a bolt 7 which extends throughthe handle and fastens the clip to the same. Although but one bolt is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, any numberof such fastening devices may, of course, be employed. The handle, which is round, similar to an ordinary broom handle, may be readily applied to and removed from the holder, which, with the broom head and brush head, may be manu factured either with or without the handle,

and the broom and brush lIGEIdSJTlflY be manufactured and sold separately from the holder to replace worn parts.

The relatively fixed clamping jaw, which is constructed of stoutwire or other suitable material, is of approximately tri jaw 5 consists of straight spaced parallel sides 8 and an inner curved transverse connecting portion 9, which fits the exterior of the clip. The straight sides 8 of the loop extend through perforations 10 in the sides of the clip, and are clamped between the same and the handle when the holder is applied to the latter. The sides of the clip are bulged outwardly at the side portions 8 of the loop to. provide interior grooves 11 to receive the side portions 8, as clearly shown a in Fig. 5 of the drawings. The sides of the relatively fixed clamping jaw 5 are provided adjacent to the clip with bends 12, which set the said sides at an obtuse angle to the handle 4, and when the broom or brush head is applied to the holder, the relatively fixed jaw 5, which is resilient, is flexed slightly at the bend 12, so that the brush or broom head is firmly clamped between the jaws: The

sides of the relatively fixed clamping jaw are also provided near their outer terminals with lateral bends which cooperate with the transverse terminal portions 13 and 14 of the wire of the jaw to form corner loops 15, through which pass pins or fingers 16 of the hinged jaw 6. one of the terminals of the wire of the jaw 5 is provided with an eye 17, and the other terminal is bent ap-' proximately at right angles to form an arm 18 which extends through the said eye. The arm is provided with a terminal head 19 extending inwardly in a direction longitudinally, of the holder.

The hinged jaw, which is constructed of a single piece of stout wire or other suitable material, is composed of diverging sides having their outer terminals bent at'right angles to form the said pins 16. The inner portions 20 of the sides of the hinged jaw extend between the sides of the clip, which project laterally beyond the handle, and the wire is coiled at the inner terminalsof the sides of the hinged jaw. to form eyes 21, and is extended beyond the same and bent to form an approximately L-shaped arm 22. The L-shaped arm 22 consists ofextensions of both sides of the hinged jaw, and is composed of spaced sides and an outer connecting portion. The arm 22 projects laterally from the handle, and its outer or engaging portion extends longitudinally of the holder toward the outer portion thereof, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The jaw 6 is hinged between the sides of the clip by a transverse bolt 23, which passes through the eyes 21 and connects. the same. The sides are also connected by a transverse bolt 24, spaced from the bolt 23 and forming a pivot for a combined operating and locklng lever 25, constructed of strap metal or other suitable material, and consisting of a relatively long operating arm 26 and a short curved engaging arm 27. The pivot 2 1 is located beyond the transverse plane of the pivot 21, and the lever 25, which is approxi' mately L-shaped, has its long arm extending inwardly longitudinally of the handle 4:, and is adapted to bear against the same when the said arm 26 is swung inwardly to the position shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The short curved arm extends inwardly and projects between the engaging portion of the arm of the hinged jaw and the sides of the latter, and is adapted to engage the latter to close the jaw 6 and lock the same firmly in engagement with the brush or broom head. The lever 25 is also adapted to be oscillated on its pivot 24, and when the arm 26 is swung outwardly away from the handle 1, the short curved arm 27 of the lever 25 engages the arm 22 ,of the hinged aw and swings the same outwardly to open the holder. The arm 27 presents a curved face to the arm 22 of the hinged jaw, and a convex faceto the sides of the hinged jaw. The strap metal of the lever 25 is doubled at the short jaw 27 and is rolled to form an eye 28, which is located in the angle of the lever 2 The reversible broom head is provided with broom straw 29, or other suitable broom material, which is secured within the central wooden bar or member 31 being arranged within the band 30, as shown, but the broom material may be secured to the broom head in any suitable manner. The broom head is provided with acentral transverse slot 32 to receive the arm 18, and it has perforations 33 at oppositesides for the fingers or pins of the hinged jaw. In applying the double or reversible broom head to the holder, it is first arranged transversely of the holder to aline its central slot 32 with the head 19 of the arm 18, and after being placed on the arm 18, the broom head is par tially rotated to arrange it longitudinally of the holder, which is then operated to clamp the broom head. When the hinged. jaw is swung out of engagement with the broom head, the latter is adapted to be rotated on the central pivot arm 18 to arrange either end of the broom head at the outer end of the holder, for use. The head of the pivot arm assists in securing the brush or broom head to the holder, and prevents the reversible broom head from becoming disengaged from the pivot arm when changing the position of the broom head. The reversible broom head is adapted to serve the purposes of two separate brooms, and its end portions may be constructed of the same or difierent broom material to adapt it for distinct uses.

'1 he scrubbing brush 2,.which enables the device to be used as a mop, is provided at its back with an extension piece 34 having a central slot 35 and side perforations 36 to enable the scrubbing brush to be engaged and clamped in the holder. The holder is readily operated to open and close the hinged jaw, and the broom head or the brush head may be easily and quickly placed in and removed from the device.

In Fig. 9 of the drawings is illustrated a single non-reversible broom head 37, detachably connected with the handle 38 by a holder 39, constructed substantially the same as the holder heretofore described. The holder 39 for the single broom may be constructed considerably shorter than the holder for the reversible broom head, as the single broom head is of a length much less than the double or reversible broom head. Also, the clip 40 may be made narrower than the clip 3. As the construction of the holder for the single broom head is the same as that for the double broom head, with the exception of the proportion of the parts, further illustration and description of the ame are deemed. unnecessary.

What is claimed is:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination with a head having a slot and provided with a perforation spaced from the slot, of a holder having clamping jaws, one

of the jaws being provided with an arm extending through the slot and having an engaging portion projecting beyond the said slot, and the other jaw being provided with a pin or finger extending into the erforation to prevent rotary movement of t e head on the said arm.

2. In a device of the class described, the

combination with a head having a central slot and provided at opposite sides with perforations, of a holder having clamping jaws, one of the jaws bein provided with a central arm extending through the said slot and having a head projecting beyond the slot, and the other jaw being provided with spaced pins or fingers extending through the perforations of the head. 3. In a device of the class described, the combination with a reversible head having a central opening and provided with side perforations, of a holder including clamping jaws, one of the jaws being provided with a pivot extending through the said opening and adapted to permit the head to rotate on it, and the other jaw having pins or fingers arranged to extend through the perforations of the said head.

4:. A device of the class described, including a relatively fixed jaw, a hinged jaw provided at the inner end with a projecting arm, and a combined operating and locking lever having an arm arranged to engage either the hinged jaw or the arm thereof to lock the hinged jaw and also to openthe same.

5. A device of the class described, including a relatively fixed clamping jaw and a movable clamping jaw hinged at its inner end and provided thereat with an outwardly projecting approximately L-shaped arm, and an operating and locking lever having an arm movable in one direction to engage the hinged jaw to lock the same, and movable in the opposite direction to engage the L- shaped arm to open the hinged jaw.

6. A device of the class described, including an approximately U-shaped clip adapted to be secured to a handle, a relatively fixed jaw carried by the clip, a movable jaw pivotally mounted between the sides of the clip, and a combined operating and locking lever also ivotally mounted between the sides of the c ip and arranged to engage and lock the movable jaw, the latter being also provided with a portion located in the path of the lever and adapted to be engaged by the same to open the movable jaw.

7. A device of the class described,including a handle receiving clip provided at opposite sides with longitudinally alined perforations, a relatively fixed clamping jaw constructed of a single piece of material bent at an intermediate point to form a narrow loop at the inner end of the said jaw, said loop consistin of spaced sides passing through the longitudinally alined perforations, and a transverse connecting portion arranged exteriorly of the clip, and a movable clamping jaw carried by the clip and coiiperating with the said jaw.

8. A device of the class described, including a handle receiving clip, a relatively fixed jaw constructed of a single piece of wire and composed of spaced sides secured at their inner portions to the clip, and an outer transverse connecting portionformed by the terminals of the wire, one of the terminals having an eye, and the other terminal being extended through the eye and bent at an angle to form an engaging arm, and a movable clamping jaw carried by the clip.

9. A device of the class described including a handle, a clip receiving the handle and having spaced projecting sides, a pivot bolt connecting the spaced sides at a point beyond the handle, a relatively fixed jaw secured to the handle by the clip, a movable clamping jaw constructed of wire and composed of sides having coiled portions receiving the pivot bolt, and means also mounted on the projecting sides of the clip for maintaining the movable clamping jaw closed.

10. A device of the class described, including a reversible broom head provided at a point intermediate of its ends with an attaching portion, said attaching portion being provided with a central opening and having side perforations, and a holder having means for engaging the said perforations and provided with a pivot extending through the central opening, and adapted to permit the broom head to be rotated when released by the said engaging means.

I In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signaturein the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH ANSON.

Witnesses:

JOHN MCDONALD, MARY Luon'rm KERK.

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